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Kathie Glass
Kathie Glass
stated on October 19, 2010 a debate.
Says Rick Perry recently said he "wanted another (Texas) business tax."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad
"Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll."
Mostly True
October 22, 2010
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 a chain e-mail.
Says Texas voters are being asked to act this November on a proposed constitutional amendment affecting property taxes.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2010
Dwayne Bohac
Dwayne Bohac
stated on October 4, 2010 a mailer
Says the Annie's List political group supports third-trimester abortions on demand.
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 20, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on January 11, 2010 a speech.
Says Texas has so few gas-pump inspectors in the field, "the HEBs of this state, the Brookshires of this state, they're calibrating their own gas pumps. The (Texas Department of Agriculture) just sends them the stickers and they calibrate them."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 12, 2010 a campaign video.
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2010
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on October 7, 2010 a video ad.
Says state Rep. Patrick Rose votes 90 percent with liberals, backed the state's largest tax increase, proposed nearly $15 billion in government spending and supported "Obama-style government-run health care system for Texas."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on October 5, 2010 a news story
Says Rick Perry told students he couldn't attend a gubernatorial forum due to scheduling conflicts, then on forum day "tweeted that he'd just been running with his dog."
Mostly True
October 14, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 15, 2010 a television ad
"Houston suffered $1.7 billion in operating losses under Mayor Bill White."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 13, 2010
Chet Edwards
Chet Edwards
stated on September 17, 2010 a TV ad
"When Washington liberals wanted to take away our guns, Chet said no."
False
October 12, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 24, 2010 a press release.
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase up to 300,000 promotional stress balls.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 11, 2010
Patrick Rose
Patrick Rose
stated on September 24, 2010 a TV ad.
Says Republican opponent Jason Isaac is peddling a plan meaning Texans "would pay the highest sales taxes in America, up to 14.5 percent."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 9, 2010
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 4, 2010 a TV ad
"I said no to these big bank bailouts."
True
October 7, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on October 5, 2010 a newspaper ad
Says "the Texas unemployment rate has even grown more than the nation's as a whole."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 7, 2010
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 16, 2010 an interview with Fox News
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
False
October 5, 2010
Mark Hinkle
Mark Hinkle
stated on September 23, 2010 a press release.
"Exit polls indicate that Democrats get over 70 percent of LGBT votes in federal elections."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2010
Back to Basics
Back to Basics
stated on September 8, 2010 a TV ad
"Perry pushed for a law that lets insurance companies raise homeowners’ rates without having to justify the increase."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 3, 2010
Bill Flores
Bill Flores
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad.
PolitiFact Texas says "Congressman Edwards' attacks on Bill Flores are false."
Mostly False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • October 2, 2010
Lone Star First
Lone Star First
stated on September 28, 2010 a TV ad
Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."
Pants on Fire!
October 1, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on September 27, 2010 an e-mail
Texas has "a higher unemployment rate than neighboring states."
Mostly True
September 30, 2010
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